Originally Posted by DeadChannel

Yeah, I mean, I generally subscribe to a deterministic universe, since there doesn't seem to be any evidence otherwise, but... pansy... gay... boy... 69? brings up a good point. Whether or not the universe is random or deterministic, free will probably doesn't exist in any meaningful way. Actually, put in these terms, the whole thing seems like a silly question.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.